MORRISTOWN — A manager of a fast-food restaurant in Mount Olive has been charged with having sex in a township motel room last year with a 16-year-old employee.

Shaun O. Richards, 39, of East Stroudsburg, Pa., was charged Saturday with two counts of sexual assault on Oct. 25, 2016, on a 16-year-old employee of the fast-food eatery he managed, according to criminal complaints filed in Superior Court, Morristown. The name of the eatery is being withheld to protect the identity of the underage employee.

The complaints state the alleged victim reported to a Mount Olive detective that on Oct. 25, 2016, when she was at least 16, she engaged in sex with Richards at a motel at a time he was her work supervisor.

In New Jersey, a person must be at least 18 years of age to consent to sex with a person who has supervisory or disciplinary power over them.

Court records did not state why the teenager came forward now. Records state that detectives interviewed Richards last Thursday and he allegedly admitted to engaging in sex with the girl.

During a first appearance review Monday by Judge Ira Cohen, the judge agreed to release Richards from the Morris County jail while the charges are pending, on condition he report biweekly to the pretrial services unit of Superior Court, have no contact with the victim, and no unsupervised contact with children under the age of 16.

Defense lawyer Sara Sencer-McArdle told the judge that Richards is married and has two children.